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Erosion prompts SBPF to propose public-private partnership

(June 13, 2013) With Baxter Road in peril from erosion, the hard-armoring of a large swath of the Sconset Bluff along Nantucket’s eastern shoreline is getting a close look from town officials.

The Sconset Beach Preservation Fund (SBPF) has proposed the emergency installation of a rock revetment along a 551-foot stretch of the bluff in what would be the initial phase of a much larger project running from the Sankaty Head Lighthouse south to 53 Baxter Road.

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